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all of this a day before president obama is set to lay out his plan on immigration proposal in nevada. here to talk about it is gloria borger, and cornell belcher, and political contributor and republican consultant margaret hoover. gloria, let me start with you. what is so different this time around for the republicans? simply the reality of november's election? >> yeah, they are worried about their own survival as a political party. one way to survive as a party is to broaden your base and not remain hostage to a single part of it. and i think that has been the problem for the republican party when you talk about john mccain. when john mccain was challenged from the right in 2010, when he was running for re-election to the senate, he became much more conservative on immigration policy. now i think he's sort of unshackled and he's back to the position he was in in 2005 and 2007. i mean, you know, i spent a lot of time with him on that straight talk express when he was running for the presidency in 2007. and i remember him telling me that he was stunned at the vitriolic reaction withi
all of this a day before president obama is set to lay out his plan on immigration proposal in nevada. here to talk about it is gloria borger, and cornell belcher, and political contributor and republican consultant margaret hoover. gloria, let me start with you. what is so different this time around for the republicans? simply the reality of november's election? >> yeah, they are worried about their own survival as a political party. one way to survive as a party is to broaden your base...
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. >> oh, the numbers, yes, i'm sure they do no mystery why the president is in nevada, certainly want to paint that state blue as well what is your sense of it, can -- will congress come together in the math has changed enor mousily on immigration politics. ly be able to get his reforms through congress? >> reporter: we are hearing more optimism from both sides of congress today on the sunday talk shows than perhaps people have heard in a while and perhaps one reason, miguel, could be taking a look at the poll numbers. when you have a cnn/orc poll that was taken just a week before the president took office for his second term, it asked people what should you can the policy for immigration on illegal immigrants? what was interesting, half, 53% of people said there should be a plan to allow people to become citizens of the u.s., 43% were actually favoring deportation and border security, but if you look at the numbers from 2011, they were almost opposite at that point. we have seen public opinion shift on this in just two years. it may be one reason that we are hearing this renewed poli
. >> oh, the numbers, yes, i'm sure they do no mystery why the president is in nevada, certainly want to paint that state blue as well what is your sense of it, can -- will congress come together in the math has changed enor mousily on immigration politics. ly be able to get his reforms through congress? >> reporter: we are hearing more optimism from both sides of congress today on the sunday talk shows than perhaps people have heard in a while and perhaps one reason, miguel, could...
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when he lost nevada to senator hillary clinton, he won more delegates because he won the congressional districts. democrats complain about it, but they also have proportional delegation in their own party. >> to me, if there was a way to just do it, forget congressional districts. because everybody cheats. when the other guy is drawing the line, you say he's cheating. everybody cheats. but if you just did popular vote percent and did proportional allocation as he's talking about, wouldn't that be more fair? i don't think it's fair right now, 51% of the vote in the state goes to one guy, he gets 100% of the electoral college votes. it doesn't add up. >> that's a very interesting idea. to the point you raised before, when you're talking about in california, california is a democratic state. but there are a lot of republicans in that democratic state. and you don't have republican presidential candidates trying to win their votes. so if you said that if republicans are -- have 40% of the vote, allocate 40% of those delegates -- of those lakt rats. that's not a crazy idea. in virginia, the
when he lost nevada to senator hillary clinton, he won more delegates because he won the congressional districts. democrats complain about it, but they also have proportional delegation in their own party. >> to me, if there was a way to just do it, forget congressional districts. because everybody cheats. when the other guy is drawing the line, you say he's cheating. everybody cheats. but if you just did popular vote percent and did proportional allocation as he's talking about, wouldn't...
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because nevada is a hunting state. >> you're absolutely right about that. maria, if individual states pass these gun control laws and other states don't, will it make any difference? >> it will make the state-based laws a lot less effective. the reason why some of these gun control laws have been ineffective and d.c. is one of those areas where there are strict gun control laws, but our d.c. kids are gunned down every single day and the reason for that, carol, is that there is no federal legislation that covers all states, so what happens, criminals go across the border to virginia where the gun control laws are very, very lax, and that is buy this time is very different. those 20 children that died in newtown, i think really marked an era of real discussion of americans really looking inward to see what can be done, yes it will be difficult, yes, it will be difficult to bring people together but i think that something will happen at the federal level. what that is, i think remains to be seen. >> it could be very little, right tomorrow, vice president biden
because nevada is a hunting state. >> you're absolutely right about that. maria, if individual states pass these gun control laws and other states don't, will it make any difference? >> it will make the state-based laws a lot less effective. the reason why some of these gun control laws have been ineffective and d.c. is one of those areas where there are strict gun control laws, but our d.c. kids are gunned down every single day and the reason for that, carol, is that there is no...
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and he did it in a state that he won by a large majority in nevada, and where one out of four people is latino. so he's hoping it will be a grassroots movement to get this done fast, kate. >> you made the prediction on election night and looks like you were spot-on. jessica yellin at the white house tonight, thanks, jessica. >> she's an excellent, excellent reporter. let's get some reaction from the president's speech from some young people with a huge and very direct stake in immigration reform. cnn's miguel marquez is joining us now with some students in savannah, georgia. how's the reaction over there, miguel? >> reporter: well, the reaction was immediate, wolf. we were here with a large group of students at armstrong atlantic state university here in savannah. they watched the president's speech, they applauded along with all those students watching in nevada, as they were watching the president's speech. the kids here, very much in tune with what the president is speaking, and you wouldn't think that georgia would be, you know, on the radar where latinos are states, it's in the
and he did it in a state that he won by a large majority in nevada, and where one out of four people is latino. so he's hoping it will be a grassroots movement to get this done fast, kate. >> you made the prediction on election night and looks like you were spot-on. jessica yellin at the white house tonight, thanks, jessica. >> she's an excellent, excellent reporter. let's get some reaction from the president's speech from some young people with a huge and very direct stake in...
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and i actually think the president was remarkably tempered in nevada, and less partisan than usual. so i'm modestly encouraged. i don't personally believe, and i've said it over and again, that a comprehensive bill can pass. i think that it's too hard. i think that you could pass seven or eight bills that together form a comprehensive reform. my advice to the house republicans would be, start passing bills. you don't have to hang on -- >> jeb bush says that's impractical and he wrote that article last week in the "wall street journal." he says, go for the comprehensive, don't do it peace mie meal. >> look -- well, i have great respect for jeb bush, but i believe that in this city, what you end up with is 11:00 at night, in the white house, six people in secret, writing a bill they don't know anything about, dumping stuff in the bill at the last minute. it is the worst possible form of legislation. they ought to hold hearings -- first of all, let's hold hearings. let's get out in the open. >> they will be holding hearings, and they'll be introduced -- quickly, are you with marco rubi
and i actually think the president was remarkably tempered in nevada, and less partisan than usual. so i'm modestly encouraged. i don't personally believe, and i've said it over and again, that a comprehensive bill can pass. i think that it's too hard. i think that you could pass seven or eight bills that together form a comprehensive reform. my advice to the house republicans would be, start passing bills. you don't have to hang on -- >> jeb bush says that's impractical and he wrote that...